{"id":119356,"date":"2026-02-01T15:16:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/us-ambassador-to-nato-warns-the-ball-is-in-irans-court-as-trump-confirms-negotiations-taking-place-119356"},"modified":"2026-02-01T15:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T20:16:28","slug":"us-ambassador-to-nato-warns-the-ball-is-in-irans-court-as-trump-confirms-negotiations-taking-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/us-ambassador-to-nato-warns-the-ball-is-in-irans-court-as-trump-confirms-negotiations-taking-place-119356","title":{"rendered":"US ambassador to NATO warns the &#8216;ball&#8217; is in Iran&#8217;s &#8216;court&#8217; as Trump confirms negotiations taking place"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker said President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> has made clear demands of Iran, and that what happens next will be up to Ayatollah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/ali-khamenei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>, as an American naval fleet patrols the region. He added that Trump &#8220;won\u2019t wait forever&#8221; for his ultimatum to be met.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The president has been very clear on Iran&#8230; you can&#8217;t have a nuclear weapon, and you need to stop killing protesters in your streets,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/nato\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NATO Ambassador<\/a> Matt Whitaker said Saturday on &#8220;The Big Weekend Show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s a pretty clear red line.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-says-iran-already-has-us-terms-military-strike-clock-ticks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP SAYS IRAN ALREADY HAS US TERMS AS MILITARY STRIKE CLOCK TICKS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whitaker described the &#8220;armada that is sitting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">off the coast of Iran<\/a>&#8221; as both a show of strength and an &#8220;off ramp.&#8221; He said the Iranians &#8220;could de-escalate very easily and simply&#8221; by abandoning nuclear ambitions and halting the suppression of protests.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll see. The ball is in their court,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But you know, President Trump is not going to be forever patient on this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/global-shipping-grinds-halt-near-iran-us-quietly-prepares-possible-strike-heightened-risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>GULF SHIPPING OPERATIONS GRIND TO HALT NEAR IRAN; US QUIETLY PREPARES FOR POSSIBLE STRIKE: &#8216;HEIGHTENED RISK&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that Trump&#8217;s aim was not to destabilize Iran amid reports that the president may be considering military action.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said Saturday he believes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-says-iran-seriously-talking-us-military-ships-head-middle-east\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tehran is negotiating &#8220;seriously&#8221;<\/a> with the U.S., and that he hopes an &#8220;acceptable&#8221; deal can be brokered.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, however, the speaker of Iran\u2019s parliament said the Islamic Republic now considers all European Union militaries to be terrorist groups after the bloc declared the country\u2019s paramilitary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/finance\/sanctions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<\/u><\/a> a terror group over its crackdown on nationwide protests.<\/p>\n<p>This action has created concern that Iran might strike U.S. NATO allies should America attack again, following Operation Midnight Hammer, which targeted Iranian nuclear facilities in June.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News Digital&#8217;s Michael Sinkewicz contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/us-ambassador-nato-warns-ball-irans-court-trump-confirms-negotiations-taking-place\">Source &#8211; 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